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Requires tourism promotion agencies seeking matching economic development funds to have a program to encourage visitation of state parks and historic sites. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee:

Directs the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation or other state agency having jurisdiction of a state park or recreational facility to establish a 3 year and a 5 year access fee that is valid in all state parks and recreational facilities. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee:

Establishes a twelve percent surcharge on the sale of animals by pet dealers and an account to be administered by an animal protection organization to be chosen by the comptroller and the commissioner of agriculture and markets. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: AGRICULTURE

Requires cities with a population of one million or more to collect discarded recyclable materials at city parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other recreational facilities; requires the posting of signs on facilities without trash receptacles stating that trash must be retained until you reach a trash can; provides state assistance for such programs. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CITIES

Establishes a process for regulating the collecting, recording, and disclosing of confidential information by state employees. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CODES

Prohibits persons, firms or corporations engaged in the retail business of selling firearms from selling, delivering or transferring child operated firearms; defines "child operated firearm" to mean a pistol or revolver manufactured 1 year after the effective date of these provisions which does not contain a childproofing device or mechanism incorporated into the design of such pistol or revolver to effectively preclude an average 5 year old from firing same; makes violations a class A misdemeanor. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CODES

Imposes a residency requirement for public members to the board of directors of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Reconstitutes the Roosevelt Island operating corporation board of directors; provides that the corporation shall be governed by an elected rather than appointed board; makes numerous related provisions, including provisions for additional duties. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Exempts certain properties on Roosevelt Island in New York City from certain reporting requirements regarding the disposal of property by a public authority. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Establishes an economic grant program for the Second Avenue Subway construction project area; defines micro business. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Relates to the management of the Roosevelt Island operating corporation. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Establishes the "education equity act" which provides language assistance to parents or guardians who have children enrolled in public school and whose primary language is not English; defines terms; creates an annual language assistance plan to assess language needs in the district; requires the department of education to establish web pages detailing the rights of parents to translation services in each covered language; requires annual reports by each school district to the local board of education. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: EDUCATION

Directs the state education commissioner to conduct an audit and report on statewide compliance with state instructional regulations for arts education. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: EDUCATION

Provides that each county within the state may limit, restrict or prohibit trapping within its municipal limits; provides that municipalities may do so by local law or ordinance. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Requires cities with populations over 45,000 to incrementally reduce emissions in diesel powered motor vehicles owned by city agencies; defines terms. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Authorizes the attorney general to commence a special proceeding in a court hearing jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the environmental conservation law and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto in the name of the people of the state. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Identifies the criteria the commissioner of environmental conservation should consider in publishing a list of high local environmental impact zones; these are areas most adversely affected by existing environmental hazards. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: FINANCE

Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: FINANCE